Neil & Sue Shay
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
For those of you who regularly check out our blog, you recall our last post was titled: “The Waiting Game”, specifically regarding our...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Feb 3, 2022
- 4 min
Groundhog Day 2022
Neil often mentions that February is one of his favorite months of the year… Not necessarily because the weather is so great, but because...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- May 24, 2021
- 8 min
Happy Birthday to Bluebird Hill Cellars!
Photo courtesy of Steven Polansky We will close the blog with this news, but just to let everyone know what is going on, we are...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Jan 27, 2021
- 9 min
A Stirring Story – January 2021
Snow Day - January 26, 2021 While the winery and vineyard work continues with the typical chores of the mid-winter, the big news here...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Mar 19, 2020
- 7 min
Flattening the Curve
There are a bajillion things we’d love to be starting with, related to wine and vine, but in the forefront now, is this other, ...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Sep 24, 2019
- 5 min
Sharpening Our Saws
It’s been said that you cannot cut wood effectively if all you do is cut wood, there needs to be some time sitting back and sharpening...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Jun 24, 2019
- 6 min
Happy Holidays?
Certainly not the yuletide holiday season, but the winery season in the Willamette Valley unofficially kicks off for the summer over the...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- May 8, 2019
- 4 min
Satisfying Work
Vineyard Update: We skipped our April blog, and it’s apparently clear if you look at the picture posted with our March blog post versus...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Mar 4, 2019
- 4 min
The Weather Outside....
Well.... not exactly ‘frightful’, as the song goes, but after getting home a week ago yesterday from the Newport Seafood and Wine...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Dec 17, 2018
- 5 min
2018 Wrap Up
With the official start of winter at hand, we’re realizing that it’s been too long since we posted about the goings on here at Bluebird...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Aug 31, 2018
- 5 min
Harvest is coming!
We feel like we say this with nearly every blog post, but just cannot believe it is already two months since our last post. We are on...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Jul 5, 2018
- 6 min
In the Summertime
Vineyard: After bud break seven weeks ago, we’ve had a pretty moderate season thus far, not too hot and not too cold! Granted, all of...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- May 11, 2018
- 4 min
Happy Mom’s Block!
Saturday, April 21 appeared to be our official bud break day at Bluebird Hill Vineyard. After weeks of variable weather: ...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Mar 25, 2018
- 3 min
Spring Fever Update
We’ve been trying to deliver our blog posts on a monthly basis, but things have gotten set aside over the winter and now, here in...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Jan 23, 2018
- 4 min
Mid-Winters Night Dreaming
Of course, our title this month is a shameless takeoff on The Bard of Avon’s masterpiece. But, the intent is more pure – here we are,...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Nov 27, 2017
- 4 min
Gratitude
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! In the tasting room at Bluebird Hill Cellars, after the close of business on Sunday, November 26, we sat...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Nov 2, 2017
- 4 min
A Pressing Engagement.....
For the past two and half weeks since our last post, just eighteen days, we’ve been fermenting fruit from our own vineyard, and our...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
Bringing in the Grapes!
Upcoming Events October 4th 5:30 to 7:30 pm Women & Wine Wednesday Join us for an evening of Wine, Fun & Fashion on the Hill LuLaRoe...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Sep 1, 2017
- 4 min
Whew!
Once again, we’re sitting down to catch our breaths and send out this update!! When people have asked us ‘how are you doing?’ this...
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Neil & Sue Shay
- Jul 14, 2017
- 4 min
Sunny Daze on the Hill
As I write this, it is a beautiful, sunny, pleasant day, we are now seeing many of these in a row. Sometimes, it winds up being hot near...
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